NORTHCOTE POINT MID-CENTURY | RENOVATION & EXTENSION

The mid-century bach has a particular place in New Zealand's architectural imagination - unpretentious, well-proportioned, and quietly ahead of its time in the way it reached toward the outdoors. This 1950s Northcote Point example had all of that latent potential. It simply needed someone to unlock it.

Macfie Architecture's renovation and extension turned the bach into a family home without disturbing the bones that made it worth keeping. A new entrance and front door announce the change in ambition from the street. Inside, floor-to-ceiling windows and large stacking doors were introduced throughout the living spaces, delivering the indoor-outdoor connection mid-century design always aspired to.

Large in-situ steps flow from the living areas into the backyard, creating a series of informal spaces that blur the boundary between inside and out. Two new bathrooms and hardwood floors throughout complete the picture, warm and grounded and in keeping with the home's own character.

Project Scope - concept design, developed design, resource consent, building consent, on-site monitoring

Photography by Tori Hayley